Parking is easier for the seniors on coolish grey days because fewer families come to the pool. I've noticed one family is poolside every day, under an awning at a table, then they eat lunches out of their lunch boxes. Or maybe it's a day care, because almost all the kids are about the same size.
Another fun event happens several times a week at the pool, and that is a van load of kids from Asheville's inner city recreation sites, who come to enjoy the water, no matter how cool it is. They splash around and have a good time, some wearing a shirt to keep a bit warm when they get out of the water. I love watching them enjoy themselves.
When it's hot and sunny, there are the sun worshipers, who always smell of coconut oil as they apply tanning (maybe sun block?) products. They lie out on towels, and I don't know that they ever even get in the pool.
I hope your summer is relaxing. I read a saying which recommended for adults to let children just be when they appear to be doing nothing, that these are the moments when seeds are beginning in their thinking, whether they know it or not. I want to return to a relaxation where I don't have a single worry in my brain!
Today's quote:
If you truly want to grow, make a practice out of gratitude: the daily art of celebrating the life unfolding before your eyes. |
MORGAN HARPER NICHOLS |
